Analysis: States can help patients save nearly $1,000 annually on their medicines

According to a new Ipsos/PhRMA poll, most Americans — 82% — agree that lowering out-of-pocket costs for health care should be a top priority for policymakers. A good place to start in lowering these out-of-pocket costs would be passing legislation at the state level to share some of the $236 billion in savings received by insurers and other middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with patients at the pharmacy counter.